Embrace the Majestic Irish Yoga Retreat w/ Laura Jane Mellencamp

About This Event

Our lives can be overwhelmed with the details of daily living. The amount of information being directed at us on a daily basis is never given an opportunity to be digested, assimilated and ultimately eliminated. Life can be lonely for the soul when our lives are too busy just existing.

Who can pause enough to make space for being insightful to our deeper longings? There is profound desire to belong not just in our various roles, personalities or identities but to the deeper inner landscape of our soul—the willingness to open and reveal that essence of our inner light.

Come away to Ireland and share in a retreat that promises to inspire your spirit of wonder and adventure, and yet nourishes your sweet soul, as it reconnects to self. Ireland is home to magnificent green countryside, gorgeous cliffs, communal pubs, and legends of faeries and leprechauns. For many, Ireland also holds the key to ancestral roots and cultural heritage. Enjoy the natural beauty, history, and lore of Ireland while partaking in an unforgettable yoga experience with Laura Jane Mellencamp.

Explore Ireland through hiking the trails around the Co. Clare countryside. Partake in daily yoga practices of asana and deep meditation spiced with the beauty of poetry — all while overlooking the awe-inspiring, rugged Cliffs of Moher facing the shimmering, expansive ocean. Dine on mouth-watering, abundant homemade vegetarian meals that will delight your palate. Share in an evening sanga before drifting off to sleep by the sound of the waves breaking on the cliffs. It’s a mystic place of profound beauty that nourishes the soul!!

“I try to never miss Laura Jane’s wonderful yoga retreats! They are the one time of the year that is just about me. I don’t have to take care of anyone or anything other than myself. The combination of yoga, healthy food, journaling, quiet time, a wonderful guide and amazing friends is just what I need to regenerate for the year ahead.” ~Kandice Henning

Event Highlights

sing the practice of meditation, Laura Jane has designed this week to support you in exploring the tools of stilling the mind and embracing your authentic self. The yoga classes will blend the disciplines of various styles of Hatha yoga with the mindfulness of meditation. They will cover the fundamental principles underlying the therapeutic application of yoga and how to incorporate these principles into your practice. Work to dissolve old blockages, unravel samskaras, and create new pathways to vibrant health and happiness. The end result will be one of the most incredible, unforgettable yoga experiences you will ever have.

This week is a perfect balance between rest and play. Laura has discovered through leading and attending many retreats that traveling together and saying yes to life and its opportunities in the moment create lasting friendships and a gratitude for life’s abundance that will last forever.

This yoga retreat is for all ages and all life experiences. It is perfect for all levels of practitioners, yoga teachers, and bodywork therapists. Private yoga sessions will also be available.

Venue Highlights

-7 Nights Accommodations
-3 Vegetarian Meals Each Day
-Round-Trip Group Transport to/from the Airport
-Daily Yoga Practices
-Personal Retreat Time (having time to nap, explore, walk, read, and just b

Accommodations

This center is well located, on the west coast of Ireland and Europe about in the middle of the Wild Atlantic Way. This luxury coastal retreat venue is set on 10 acres against the backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean, the Cliffs of Moher and the gorgeous countryside of Co. Clare, Ireland.

The yoga studio is beautifully designed to support your practice overlooking the ocean, farmland and wide open skies. You can watch the wild waters of the Atlantic Ocean from the comfort of the under-floor heated space through a massive wall of glass that takes in the most stunning view. Fully stocked with yoga props and everything you will need for your retreat experience.

The rooms are all tastefully decorated with comfortable mattresses and linen. All the rooms have views, whether of the sea or countryside. The gourmet vegetarian meals are homemade and will delight your palate: beautifully curated, abundant and mouth watering.

The owners of this center bring years of yoga and retreat experience to you along with all the wholesome elements necessary to create the perfect retreat adventure.

About the
Teacher

Laura Jane Mellencamp, C-IYAT, E-RYT 500, MA is the founder and director of Yoga Among Friends, one of the Midwest’s premier yoga studios. Certified in 1989, Laura Jane has made the practice and teaching of yoga her life’s work. In 2016, Laura Jane accredited as a certified yoga therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists after a 5-year training program. As a clinical psychologist, she enjoys blending her MA in Clinical and Counseling Psychology with her yoga therapy to provide clients with a holistic approach to psychological and emotional imbalances that affect the immune system. Her work has led Laura Jane to participate as a premier provider with Chicago’s Integrated Health Network.

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Why Retreat?

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Opening up to the joy and peace of meditation and Yoga. <3
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Retreat Guru's Vision

We believe human beings are innately wise, strong and kind. This wisdom, although not always experienced, is always present. Going on retreat is a beautiful way to reconnect to our basic sanity and health. Our aspiration at Retreat Guru is to inspire people to experience authentic retreats and reconnect with their innate wisdom, strength and kindness.